It is estimated that there are 240 million marijuana smokers in the world. In fact, in less than 5 countries around the world it is legal to consume it. Despite being an ancient plant with...

I play a lot of Scrabble. My father introduced me to the game when I was 12 and we've played frequently ever since (25 years as of this writing). When my interest in data art and visualization was...

This visualisation shows the bathymetric contours of the Gulf of México. The light and shadow accentuates the otherwise flat blue palette to highlight the depths of the gulf. The visualisation is...

With Ukraine’s counteroffensive well underway, the battle around Crimea proved a prime example of the novel ways in which Ukraine would probe and attack Russian defenses. This piece focuses on the...

In collaboration with Johns Hopkins University’s Bridging Research, Lung Health, and the Environment (BREATHE) Center, GovEx created a website that uses engaging interactive data visualizations to...

The Close-up Cloud visualizes a selection of 144 negatives from a collection of around 1700 glass negatives by early photographer and previous draftsman Wilhelm Weimar (1857-1917) that has been...

The project shows a data vizualisation of all curse words and deaths used in recent Quentin Tarantino's movies, from Reservoir Dogs to Django Unchained. They are listed according to the time of the...

The U.S. Department of Labor tracks how many people die at work, and why. The latest numbers were released in April and cover the last seven years through 2013.

All 4.5 million Uber pick-ups, and 82.4 million yellow cab pick-ups between April and September 2014. The rise of Uber is well documented, but the geographic complexity is often harder to see as...

By tallying who appears most often on playlists titled with the word “punk," we can learn how parts of culture perceive genres and the bands who represent them.

As our access to fresh water becomes threatened and the demand for virtual water is increasing, the need for understanding and knowing our virtual water footprint is essential. This series of...

It wasn’t a big surprise, but it was a big deal — so much so that North Korea issued commemorative stamps. Two successful missile launches in July almost certainly proved that the country had...

In a society riddled with little to no minority representation in media and academics, this infographic brings to life the recognition of underrepresented racial groups. As civil rights movements...

As part of the Real World Fake Data #RWFD community project, this dashboard seeks to visualize the cross-functional mobility of a hypothetical company with less than 100 employees, i.e. their...

What would be an alien dashboard that monitors extraterrestrial activities of humans? Interactive dashboard based on a dataset containing all space missions in human history.

In this piece we highlight long-held critiques of maps as truthful depictions of the world.    We place our trust in maps as truthful representations: as tools to guide us from A to B. But...

An analysis of deforestation from the perspective of the Dr. Seuss' classic, The Lorax.

Measurements are at the heart of analysis, testing, and discovery. Irish mathematical physicist Lord Kelvin once said, “When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers,...

More than any other storm since Hurricane Katrina, Superstorm Sandy was a rude wake-up call that the effects of Climate Change to coastal communities. Some of the most iconic images of destruction...

Twenty-four solar terms reflect the change of seasonal climate, and keeping in good health should follow the trend. In the design of the information chart of "Twenty-four Solar Terms Health Care...

A view of Japan's lights at night with satellite F18 in 2013.

What is the shape of networks? How do we experience network sculptures? Our goal with this project is to bring networks to life as physical objects, a testimony to their physical reality in spite...

Some countries are experiencing an aging population, while others are in the midst of a baby boom. Some face unusual demographic shifts, while others remain surprisingly stable. This article...

Paris, Lyon, Marseille: take the test in your district.

This visualization tells a devastating and urgent story through data: the catastrophic toll of Israel’s invasion of Gaza following the Israel–Hamas war that began in October 2023. It highlights how...

A mini startup project built entirely in public, Hoodmaps charts different demographics and neighbourhoods in cities around the world.

Based on film budget, revenue and rating data, Film Money tells the story of the fickle relationship between business interests and public taste. Often demanding huge amounts of effort, manpower...

The Tiangong Space Station is a great aerospace project in China. I want to present theThe structure of the space station, how it is launched, how it is formed, and what is the difference with the...

From his early silent films in the UK to his –golden years' at Paramount, Alfred Hitchcock returned to the same motifs and themes time and time again. Here we analyse some of these trademark...

This interactive project uses text mining and data visualization techniques to reveal new patterning insights of the ancient Chinese text I-Ching from both divinatory and philosophical...